Mario Draghi is a candidate to succeed Ursula von der Leyen as head of the European Commission, with Emmanuel Macron as the “deer”. Rumors of a return to the field of the former head of the ECB and prime minister are becoming increasingly insistent. In short, nothing more than a “grandfather at the service of institutions”, as he said at the time of the Quirinale hypothesis. A backstory from La Repubblica portrays this trend and explains that the French president, who “pulled Ursula von der Leyen’s name for the presidency of the European Commission out of his hat. Agreeing on this with the then German Chancellor Angela Merkel”, in this round of European elections points to Draghi’s horse: “The former Italian prime minister is the ‘champion’ that Macron wants to bet on. Precisely to succeed von der Leyen. who explained why the Quirinale Treaty was possible: «Because it was him, because it was me»”. According to Repubblica, which cites French sources in Brussels, “informal research” and discussions with Olaf Scholz’s Germany have already begun. In in short, on the Paris-Berlin axis.
And what does the former prime minister think? “The recent mission received last September by von der Leyen to prepare a report on the future of European competitiveness allows her to visit all European chancelleries and put her ideas regarding the future of the Union on the table”. And to many observers his speech on Europe featuring Aldo Cazzullo’s book seemed like a step in that direction.
Source: IL Tempo
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